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Mrs. Samuel Leeds cookbook and travel diary, 1856

Journal Entry 14

and on each side of them. The roof of the Row is the floor of the room in the home above, and the floor of these galleries forms the roof of the shop below, which face the street. In fact, they are the front rooms in the second story of all houses, open to the street, and having an uninterupted passage along the whole of them. They contain Shops. Indeed, the largest and most showy establishments are in the rows." Thus there are two lines of shops one above the other, a very strange sight. 
Having traversed the Walls and the Rows and having visited the Castle (with it's court Room Armory) and all the many objects of interest, after dinner I went to the Race Course (called the Roodee) and saw a trial of skill in the Sword exercise. 
After seeing the prize - a Silver Cup - awarded to the very man, my ignorant self had singled out as the deserving one, I set out to walk to Eaton Hall (4 miles). Eaton Hall is the Residence of the Marquis of Westminster, - the Wealthiest Nobleman in England. The Hall, which with the stables has a front of 700 feet

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and on each side of them. The roof of the Row is the floor of the room in the home above, and the floor of these galleries forms the roof of the shop below, which face the street. In fact, they are the front rooms in the second story of all houses, open to the street, and having an uninterupted passage along the whole of them. They contain Shops. Indeed, the largest and most showy establishments are in the rows." Thus there are two lines of shops one above the other, a very strange sight. Having traversed the Walls and the Rows and having visited the Castle (with it's court Room Armory) and all the many objects of interest, after dinner I went to the Race Course (called the Roodee) and saw a trial of skill in the Sword exercise. After seeing the prize - a Silver Cup - awarded to the very man, my ignorant self had singled out as the deserving one, I set out to walk to Eaton Hall (4 miles). Eaton Hall is the Residence of the Marquis of Westminster, - the Wealthiest Nobleman in England. The Hall, which with the stables has a front of 700 feet